COA Volume 3 I Number 1 WINTER 2007 The College of the Atlantic Magazine COA MISSION LETTER FROM THE EDITOR College of the Atlantic enriches the liberal arts tradition through a It is Fat Tuesday as I write this, the last day of distinctive educational philoso- phy-human ecology. A human carnival, a time when the world is turned topsy- ecological perspective integrates turvy and we recognize that the very things we knowledge from all academic most try to hide are the ones that will jump out disciplines and from personal to surprise us. How fitting, then, to have Nancy experience to investigate, and Andrews' demonic puppets on the cover, ultimately improve, the relation- whirling devils teasing us, even terrifying us, ships between human beings and insisting we pay attention-not - just to the our social and natural communi- world around, but to the world inside. And as ties. The human ecological per- we do, maybe even to laugh a little, because as spective guides all aspects of odd and frightening as these puppets may be, they are also quite education, research, activism and endearing- few things are as frightening as we fear they will be when interactions among the college's we allow them to reach the light of day. students, faculty, staff and For years, the wild mystery of Nancy's films have had their New York trustees. The College of the Atlantic community encourages, premiere at the Museum of Modern Art, the nation's foremost show- prepares, and expects students case of contemporary art. Recently, her edgy creativity has also come to to gain the expertise, breadth, the awareness of Maine, where she's just received the first-ever values, and practical experience "Outside the Frame" award from the Maine International Film Festival necessary to achieve individual for her Ima Plume Trilogy. fulfillment and to help solve prob- Like all issues of COA, this one is a kaleidoscope of the energy and lems that challenge communities activity of the broad COA community, from our heritage as environ- everywhere. mental crusaders to a tribute to our passionate trustee, Alice Eno. But most of all, this magazine celebrates the ways we step away from the world of crusades and research to seek out the world inside. This COVER: issue features three faculty members whose artistic guidance has given Puppets by Nancy Andrews students one of life's most essential tools: the power to transform expe- These puppets, inspired by rience. We offer you a taste of Nancy Andrews' puppet demons, a Japanese prints of ghosts glimpse into how John Cooper introduces dozens of students a term to and demons, were used in music, and a sneak preview of the first chapter of Bill Carpenter's novel- Andrews' most recent film, The Haunted Camera, the in-progress, Victory Garden. last of her Ima Plume Trilogy. Photo by Toby Hollis Enjoy. BACK COVER: Jamus Drury '08 took Donna Gold this photo of displaying editor, COA great frigatebirds while volunteering on Tern Island, a thirty-four-acre sand and coral island that is part of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. While on the island, Drury is researching the reproductive success of two species of albatross as well as the Tristram's storm-petrel. More of his photos can be viewed at www.flickr.com/photos/ jamusdrury features COA The College of the Atlantic Magazine Volume 3 Number 1 WINTER 2007 EDITOR Donna Gold COA Gets Top Marks in Student Engagement ~ p. 3 EDITORIAL BOARD Sarah Barrett '08 A Pledge to Tackle Global Warming by Paul Thacker ~ p. 4 Richard J. Borden Dru Colbert Carla Ganiel The NASCAR Hybrid by Inaugural Speaker Frank Loy ~ p. 6 Noreen Hogan '91 Jennifer Hughes Linda Mejia '09 Making Sure COA is There for Others ~ p. 14 EDITORIAL CONSULTANT A donor profile of Elena Tuhy '90 Bill Carpenter ALUMNI CONSULTANTS Alice Eno: Force of Nature ~ p. 15 Jill Barlow-Kelley A tribute by John Anderson Milja Brecher-DeMuro COPY EDITOR What Do We Need to Start a College? ~ p. 16 Jennifer Hughes An oral history interview with Ann Peach DESIGN Mahan Graphics PRINTING BY Winter Ecology ~ p. 18 IS McCarthy Printers, Augusta, Maine Excerpts from a field journal by Rowen Gorman '07 Class of '74 Takes on Nation's Largest Landowner ~ p. 24 COA ADMINISTRATION TRUSTEES David Hales Edward McC. Blair, Sr. In their separate ways, Bill Ginn and Cathy Johnson President Life Trustee work to get Plum Creek to do the right thing by Loie Hayes '79 Eliot Coleman Kenneth Hill Alice Eno Academic Dean, David H. Fischer Associate Dean of The Magical Piece ~ p. 30 William G. Foulke, Jr. Academic Services Timothy Fuller '03 John Cooper's human ecology of music John Anderson lames M. Gower, Associate Dean Life Trustee for Advanced Studies George B. E. Hambleton Nancy Andrews ~ p. 34 Charles E. Hewett David Feldman Drawings and paintings from The Haunted Camera Sherry F. Huber Associate Dean John N. Kelly, for Academic Affairs Trustee Emeritus Victory Garden ~ p. 37 Andrew Griffiths Philip B. Kunhardt III '77 Administrative Dean Susan Storey Lyman, Novel-in-progress by Bill Carpenter Life Trustee Sarah Luke Suzanne Folds McCullagh Associate Dean Sarah A. McDaniel '93 for Student Life Stephen G. Milliken Karen Waldron Philip S. J. Moriarty departments Associate Dean Phillis Anina Moriarty for Faculty William V. P. Newlin Daniel Pierce BOARD OF TRUSTEES Helen Porter Samuel M. Hamill, lr. Cathy L. Ramsdell '78, COA Beat p. 3 Chairman Trustee Emeritus Elizabeth D. Hodder John Reeves Class Notes p. 44 Vice Chair Hamilton Robinson, Jr. Henry D. Sharpe, Jr., SHE Conference Notes Casey Mallinckrodt Life Trustee p. 48 Vice Chair Clyde E. Shorey, Jr., Life Trustee Faculty & Community Notes p. 50 Ronald E. Beard Donald B. Straus, Secretary Life Trustee Leslie C. Brewer Cody van Heerden Treasurer John Wilmerding Annual Report ~ p. 52 Appreciating our donors COA is published twice each year for the College of the Atlantic community. Please direct correspondence to: Greg Stone: Ocean Defender ~ p. 64 COA Magazine College of the Atlantic When Professors Change: What I Learned at COA ~ p. 65 105 Eden Street Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 The Human Ecology Essay Revisited Phone: (207) 288-5015 by Etta Kralovec email: dgold@coa.edu www.coa.edu s This publication is printed on recycled paper. Chlorine free, acid free manufacturing process.